retort

Example Sentences

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When the travel blogger told people about her sleepcation, she mostly heard the same retort: “It’s a sad world we live in where people travel just to sleep,” she recalled.

From The Wall Street Journal

The mayor characterized Bondi’s retort as a “knee-jerk reaction” from an attorney general faced with damaging public trust concerns at her department.

From Los Angeles Times

Vexed, Celeste retorts, “It’s supposed to feel like a club . . . A lot of the people coming to this show don’t even talk to their families.”

From Salon

“If airplane safety videos have taught me anything, David,” she retorts, “it’s that a mother puts her own mask on first.”

From Salon

“What? Clean the toilets with a toothbrush?” he retorted.

From Literature